Twenty Questions

Subject: British

Colonies

Twenty Questions

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1. Who was the founder of Rhode

Island?

•Roger Williams.

2. Who why did the Pilgrims come to the

New World?

•For religious freedom.

•Pocahontas.

3. Who saved John Smith’s life?

4. What holiday did the Pilgrims celebrate?

•Thanksgiving.

5. Where is Jamestown and

Roanoke?

•Virginia.

6.What was the 1st representative gov’t

in the new world?•House of Burgesses.

7.Who founded Georgia?

•James Oglethorpe.

8.Which section of colonies was known as the Breadbasket?

•Middle.

9.If I lived on a plantation, name one colony I could

live in?•VA, NC, SC, GE.

10. What was the main occupation of the New

England colonists?

•Ship building and fishing.

11. In a New England town, where would cattle graze?

•In the common.

12.Where were issues discussed in a New England town?

•At a town meeting.

13.Who was the founder of

Connecticut?

•Thomas Hooker.

14.What religion was William Penn?

•Quaker.

15.What section of colonies was known as the “Ironworks?

•Middle.

16. Who was the founder of Maryland?

•Lord Baltimore.

17. What 2 colonies were separated by the

Mason-Dixon Line?

•Pennsylvania and Maryland.

18.What became the cash crop of the

southern colonies?

•Tobacco.

19. Who was the founder of

Massachusetts?

•John Winthrop.

20.Who criticized the church and was

put on trial?

•Anne Hutchinson.

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